There is quite a lot of information on the web on how to get non-BMW parts for routine servicing and maintenance. This is great for avoiding getting ripped off by BMW, but you do have to trowel through a lot of posts to find them.
I started to pull together a spreadsheet to capture it all, but there's plenty of gaps and possibly some errors. So, I was thinking, would it be possible to pull this together as a combined effort using this forum. Ive pasted my spreadsheet straight into this post below, but of course the column formatting isn't retained. It doesnt seem possible to attach a spreadsheet here either? Maybe something other then XLS?

In Australia"Chain gang" make front and rear sprockets for the xc. I have both on at the moment in the standard 15/47 combo. I havent had them for long enough to vouch for them but others have had a good run and reckon twice the life of oem rear sprockets.http://www.chaingangchainsandsprockets.com.au/

Interesting, I just ordered sprockets and chain from Stefan for about $230 delivered. BMW quoted about $380
I presume Chaingang will be somewhere in the middle?

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Originally Posted by tinnman

In Australia"Chain gang" make front and rear sprockets for the xc. I have both on at the moment in the standard 15/47 combo. I havent had them for long enough to vouch for them but others have had a good run and reckon twice the life of oem rear sprockets.http://www.chaingangchainsandsprockets.com.au/